getent

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NAME

getent - get entries from administrative database

SYNOPSIS

getentdatabase [key ...]

DESCRIPTION

The getent program gathers entries from the specified administrative
database using the specified search keys. Where database is one of
aliases, ethers, group, hosts, netgroup, networks, passwd, protocols,
rpc, services or shadow.

AUTHOR

getent is written by Thorsten Kukuk for the GNU C Library.
This man page is written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org> for the
Debian GNU/Linux system, updated by Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
for GNU C Library 2.2.2 getent changes.
3rd Berkeley Distribution Match 2001 GETENT(1)